Music-holder.



No. 6 43,4 v Patented'Feb. l3, I900.

P. BENNAN.

MUSIC HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITE STATES PATRICK BENNAN, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,456, dated February 13, 1900. Application filed August 29, 1899. Serial No. 728,907. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK BENNAN, of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Music-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple device for holding sheet-music and which may be carried in a portfolio, taking up but little more room than a sheet of music.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that its operation may be readily understood by any one of ordinary intelligence and also so that it may accommodate books or sheets of music of different thickness.

A further object of the invention is to provide a music-holder which will normally exert a retaining influence upon articles placed beneath its arms, but which may be locked in position to permit adjustment of the music and quickly and conveniently restored to its normal position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved holder in position for holding music. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved holder and an inner face view of a portion of the support for the holder. Fig. 3 is a. plan View of the holder in its open position and an upper edge view of the support for the holder. Fig. 4 is a section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a slightly-modified form of the holder and an inner face View of a portion of a support therefor.

The support A is usually made in two sections and 11, havingahinged connection, so that one section can fold over upon the other or be carried out in longitudinal alinement with the other section, so as to increase the length of the support, or the support may consist of a single section only. When the support is made in two sections 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 1, a locking device is located upon the back of the upper section 10, and this locking device consists of two arms 12, (see Fig. 3,) pivoted between the ends of the said section 10, one at each side of the center of said section, and each arm 12 is pivotally connected with a clamp 13 in the form of a hook. When one section of the support A is folded over upon the otherthat is, when the support is not in usethe hooks 13 are made to engage with the side edges of the upper section 10, near the upper edge thereof; but when the section 11 is folded out from the section 10 of the support A the arms 12 are made to cross the hinge connection 14 between the two sections and the hooks 13 are carried to an engagement with the outer side edges of the lower section 11, thus rendering the extended sections rigid.

The base 15 of the music-holder is secured in any suitable or approved manner at the upper edge of the support A, transversely of the same, and a post 16 extends from the inner face of the base 15, at right angles thereto, near each end of the base. Between the posts 16 two other similar and alining posts 17 and 17 are located, and between these posts 17 and 17 another post 18 is about centrally placed and secured to the base. A rod 19 is made to pass freely through eyes or suitable apertures made in all of the said posts, and said rod 19 is provided with an arm 20 at each of its ends outside of the end posts 16, the arms 20 being at about a right angle to the rod 19, and the free ends of the arms 20 are preferably upturned.

A finger 21 is firmly attached to the rod 19, adjacent to one side of the central post 18, and when the clamping-rods 20 of the rod 19 are in engagement with the support A or music plaoed on the support the finger 21 extends outwardly and upwardly, as is indicated in Fig. 4. The lower outer side edge of the finger 21 is beveled, as shown in dotted lines at 21 in Fig. 4. A spring 22 is coiled around the rod 19 between the finger 21 and the post 17, and one end 22 of this spring is secured to the said finger at itsouter end, while the other end 22 of the spring is attached to the base 15 of the holder-in any approved manner. A bolt 23 is held to slide in the lower portion of the central post 18 and adjoining post 17 A spring 24 is loosely coiled around this bolt, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and said spring has bearing at one end against the post 17, while the opposite end of the spring bears against a guide-arm 25, attached to the bolt and mounted to slide on the rod 19. The said guide is provided with a thumlopiece 26, which is preferably in the nature of a hook, extending parallel with the rod 19 and above said rod.

In the operation of the device if the clamping-arms 20 of the rod 19 are raised to the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein they stand at about a right angle to the inner face of the support A, the beveled portion 21 of the finger 21 will engage with a beveled end of the bolt 23,which end of the bolt is normally beneath said finger, and the finger will press the bolt outward, and as the finger passes by the bolt the spring 24, controlling the bolt, will again restore the bolt to its normal position, and the beveled portion of the boltwill be above the finger 21 instead of below it. Thus the rod 19 will be held against turning. After the music has been adjustedon the support and it is desired to hold the same thereon the bolt 23 is released from engagementwith the upper surface of the finger 21, whereupon the spring 22 will act upon the rod 19 and will force its clamping-arms downward to an engagement with the music. The bolt is carried from engagement with the finger 21 through the medium of the thumb piece 26, which renders it very easy to move the bolt.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a slight modification, the only diiference being that instead of placing the spring 24 on the bolt 23 a spring 24 is placed upon the rod 19, and an oifset 27 is located on the bolt 23, by means of which the bolt may be slid. This offset is the equivalent of the thumb-piece 26 in the other form of the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A music-holder consisting of asupport, a shaft mounted to rock upon said support and provided with retaining-arms at its ends, a tension device for the said shaft, a finger projected from the shaft at a point between its ends, a spring-controlled bolt normally located below said finger and arranged for locking engagement with the upper surface of said finger, and means for operating said bolt, as set forth.

2. A music-holder consisting of a support, a shaft provided with retaining arms at its ends, the retaining-arms and shaft being constructed in one piece, bearings in which the shaft is mounted to turn, a finger projected from the said shaft at a point between its ends, a spring coiled around the shaft, having one of its ends attached to the finger and the other end to the support for the shaft, and a springcontrolled bolt normally extending below the said finger and being arranged for locking engagement with the upper surface of said finger, for the purpose set forth.

PATRICK BENNAN.

Vitnesses:

HERBERT N. THOMPSON, GEORGE R. STONE. 

